In a first, scientists have used ancient proteins to determine the sex of an archaic human relative that lived up to 3.5 million years ago, a new study reports.

africanus (3.5 million to 2.0 million years ago) and Homo naledi (335,000 to 236,000 years ago ... In a groundbreaking study published in the journal Nature on Feb. 7, 1925, Australian anthropologist ...

28, 2024 — More than a million years ago, on a hot savannah teeming ... Involved Multiple Stages at the Time of Modern Human Dispersals Feb. 7, 2024 — A new study illuminates the cultural ...

Scientists suggest meat consumption was pivotal to humans’ development of ... which spanned between 3.3 million and 3.7 million years ago. This conclusion comes despite some evidence that ...

Scientists say a new, never-before seen species of human ancestor roamed the Earth as recently as one million years ago.

CALGARY (Canada), Jan 20 — Our ancestor Homo erectus was able to survive punishingly hot and dry desert more than a million years ago, according to a new study that casts doubt on the idea that Homo ...

How Did Humans and Dogs Become Friends? Connections in the Americas Began 12,000 Years Ago Dec. 4 ... of early Homo from Georgia dating back 1.77 million years reveals a prolonged childhood ...

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New research provides the first direct evidence that Australopithecus, an important early human ancestor that ... Africa dating to between 3.7 and 3.3 million years ago based on the chemistry ...

The result marks the oldest proof of human activity in Europe ... dating to approximately 1.77–1.8 million years ago, according to the study. However, there is evidence of earlier transient ...